Post Office Civil Service Order Faces Rescission
Washington reports the plan to bring fourth class postmasters under civil service may be rescinded. President and civil service officials concede practical enforcement problems. Challenges include low pay, limited exams, and congressional resistance, with many postmasters still appointed by recommendation.
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Washington
Civil Service
Indiana
Civil Service Commission
Senator Penrose
Representative Overstreet
Senate
House
Sclons
Miss House Wins Doll in Stewart Dry Goods PoetryContest
In Stewart Dry Goods poetry contest, Miss Cressa House of Galveston won first prize a fine doll and Miss Evelyn Perry won second prize among 527 entries. Poems include Santa Claus themes and Christmas imagery with local addresses and ages 9 and 11.
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Stewart Dry Goods Company
Cressa House
Galveston
Evelyn Perry
Fanta Claus
German Lutherans’ Christmas Eve Recitation for 400 Children
The German Lutheran church hosted a Christmas Eve program for four hundred children. All recitations were in German with no English spoken during the services, and every child received a present.
Bertha Kalich Stars in Cora at the Nelson Evening
Bertha Kalich returns to the American stage at the Nelson in a Parisian life comedy of love and art with Georges Gernier. The production blends witty dialogue, vivid stage settings, and musical interludes, anchored by Kalich’s dramatic portrayals in a story of Cora and Jover and a lively Sleepy Hollow Rest Cure setting.
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Bertha Kalich
Cora
Nelson Tonight
Harrison Grey Fiske
Monna Vanna
Therese Raquin
Marta
Bernhardt
Madame Kalich
Fiske
Europe
Jover
Georges Gernier
Chicago
la Salle Theatre
Adams
Hough
Howard
Lower
California
Sleepy Hollow Rest Cure
Broadway Christmas Bill Delights Logansport Patrons
The Broad Way in Logansport hosts a balanced Christmas show with top acts including Alpha Troupe Doric Trio Genevieve Homer Maude Chestnut and the Kinetoscope Two sensational red hot film scenes plus a closing fire dramatic scene The Happy New Year matinee week begins Monday with Marathon Four LaPine Dress Tricolora Maude Chestnut Harry Jones and Laughing Gas Kinetoscope.
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Broadway
Logansport
Willie Adams
Doric
Genevieve Homer
Maude Chestnut
Marathon
LaPine & Dress
Tricolora
Harry Jones
At the Crystal. The bill at the Crystal next week
A brief item notes a bill at the Crystal theater scheduled for next week with unspecified show details and no additional context.
Mistletoe Gag Ends With Kiss and Dismissal at Hippodrome
In New York, Hippodrome stage crew posted a ban on hanging mistletoe after a staff prank. A show member kissed a performer under the mistletoe, provoking a scolding that led to the enforcement edict and his dismissal after the incident. Miss Anna Van Hufferson, a circus athlete, was among those involved.
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New York
Hippodrome
Burnside
Hippodrome Company
R. H. Burnside
Anna van Hufferson
The Melting Pot at Chicago Opera House Prompts Praise
The Melting Pot at the Chicago Opera House earns wide praise as a dramatic success. The production draws large out of town attendance and tickets are selling two weeks in advance.
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Chicago Opera House
Chicago
America
Zion
Fluffy Ruffles heads to Illinois Theatre Chicago
Charles Frohman presents Miss Hattie Williams in Fluffy Ruffles a musical melange at the Illinois Theatre Chicago for two weeks starting Sunday December 27. The work by John J. McNally follows the exploits of a young woman whose charm brings her both fame and trouble.
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Hardie
Hattie Anderson
Miss Anderson
Bert Geyer
Josephine Turner
Dunkers
Mack
Meintie
Logansport
Merchants
Quartette
Sitz, Heffernan
Cusman
North
Oscar Henderson
Jim Moon
Hattie Williams
Chicago
Miss Williams
William Norris
Bert Leslie
Jack Gardner
Cohan
John Bunny
Marion Abbott
Nellie Lutter
Josephine Drake
Marie Annis
Mattie O'Brien
Violet Hemming
W. T. Francis
Walter Irwin
Charles Frohman
Ilinois Theatre
John J. McNally
Sam Bernard's Nearly a Hero Delights Chicago Audiences
The Garrick Theatre engagement proves 65 laughs promised per show were exceeded with nearly double the demand. Grace La Rue Ada Lewis and a strong company accompany Bernard in a vibrant musical comedy praised for its handsome chorus, colorful costumes, and sixteen-plus musical numbers.
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Sam Bernard
Garrick Theatre
Chicago
Mary
Heather Queen
Belle Paree
Mr. Bernard
Grace la Rue
Ada Lewis
Miss la Rue
Sam Edwards
Minerva Coverdale
Joseph E. Miller
Burrell Barbaretto
Richard Kirkwood
Cyril Chadwick
Phil Ryley
Jerence Gerard Daisy Leon
Lilian West
Boy Thief Arrested in Mount Clemens Michigan
Fifteen year old John Upleger detained at police headquarters after authorities found about 25 000 dollars in post office money orders checks and bank certificates of deposit in his room Banks and merchants had complained of lost remittances believed tied to lock box theft Upleger said another boy helped with the papers and he tried to cash a Milton photographed forgery check for K D Milton.
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Mount Clement
Mich
John Upleger
Upleger
K. D. Milton
Milton
Stars Beat Champion In Tight 8 To 7 Victory
In the third game of the season the Star team edged Champion 8 to 7 at the YMCA gym. Star players led the comeback and secured the narrow win.
Churches Schedule Christmas Services Across City
Numerous church notices list Sunday school at 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. and preaching at 10:45 or 11 a.m. at Union Sunday School Hall, Church of Christ on Columbia Street, First Church of Christ Scientists, Wheatland Avenue M E, A M E Church on Market Street, Universalist Church, and Market Street M E. Epworth Leagues and choirs plan evening programs and cantatas.
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Dunker
Union Sunday School
North Side
Christian Workers
E. C. Richardson
Church of Christ
Columbia Street
First Church of Christ, Scientists
Ninth Streets
Wheatland Avenue
Pendleton
Wheatland Avenue M. E
Epworth League
R. C. Richards
Corner Market
Cscort Streets
J. L. Craven
Blanche Hill
Universalist Church
George Crum
Ilinois
Young People’s Christian Union
Market Street
M. E
Fifteenth and
Market Streets
Rev
C. . Brown
M. Epworth
Indiana Electors to Receive Commissions for Presiding and Voting
Indianapolis December 24 The fifteen presidential electors elected in November will receive commissions from Governor Hanly this week authorizing them to cast Indiana's vote for president and vice president. The electors will meet at the state capital on January 11 at 10 a.m. to organize select a presiding officer and tellers and choose a messenger to deliver the results to the speaker of the House.
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Hanly
Indiana
Washington
Congress
Republi
House of Representatives
United States
Chamber of the
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